With the World Cup 2010 just around the corner, the Office Pool Guy will focus a few posts on the different pools that can be put together for this special event.
In this post we will discuss the: BASIC DRAFT pool
Group Size: 4-8 works best
1) Depending on the number of participants, each person will draft 4 to 8 of the 32 World Cup teams.
2) Make sure you are familiar with the World Cup format of Group play followed by the Elimination rounds.
3) Scoring:
- 3 points for a win
- 1 point for a draw
- 0 points for a loss
4) Payouts
- Most Total Points (for all of a players teams)
- Player with the Championship Team
- Player with the 2nd Place Team
- Optional Payout: Biggest Upset (use this chart’s rankings to determine biggest upset)
5) Other Options
- Double the number of points awarded for a win each round of the elimination tournament (round of 16).
- Complete a bracket for the round of 16. (add the points for each the group round and the brackets)
- Don’t allow participants to pick teams from the same group.
- Award extra points for winning the group round.
PROS: Easy to track, not a lot of participants needed, numerous payout possibilities, basic knowledge of World Cup needed.
CONS: Must get everyone together to draft, not much strategy, may be knocked out of pool early, better if many upsets.
